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Related: About this forum(JEWISH GROUP) My 7-Year-Old Was The Target Of An Antisemitic Joke. Here's What I Told Him.
Dad, do I have short arms?
The question came from my 7-year-old son during one of our morning drives to school. As a divorced father with limited time with my twins, these car conversations were usually a highlight of my week. But not this one.
All Jews have short arms, he continued. Thats why they cant reach their wallets.
I slowed down the car, my heart pounding as I processed what Id just heard. These were the same antisemitic jokes I had faced decades earlier.
What might seem like casual jokes can have harmful effects on childrens development. Children exposed to discrimination can experience emotional challenges that affect their self-esteem and ability to form healthy relationships, Reena B. Patel, a parenting expert and licensed educational board-certified behavior analyst, told HuffPost. These encounters can trigger a domino effect, impacting everything from academic performance to social relationships and even physical health.
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SheltieLover
(59,714 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,875 posts)It was just something I found, and brought back memories when I was around that age and had my life threatened because I was a "Christ Killer".
SheltieLover
(59,714 posts)Sorry you had to experience such hate directed at you. Beyond ridiculous!
LoisB
(8,764 posts)disgusting "joke".
Danmel
(5,241 posts)According to a former coworker at the Suffolk County legislature. She's still there, I've moved on.
Behind the Aegis
(54,875 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,795 posts)In the rare cases where there was a legitimately comical joke to be made, and the group it targeted was interchangeable with any number of other groups, she taught them to substitute "cannibals" instead, which I thought was rather clever.
Who knows any cannibals?